Kocaeli Photos

Escape

2011-12-08T09:06:00.001+02:00

Photo captured a park in Gölcük city.

Old Bridge

2011-09-02T15:01:00.000+03:00

There is a small stream near Gölcük city; you can across it with two concrete bridge. I incidentally explore an old wooden suspension bridge yesterday, nearly broken due to unused, silent, deserted and lonely.

TUR of Turkey

2011-04-26T12:41:00.001+03:00

TUR of Turkey, a photo by coskunTR on Flickr.

24.Nisan Pazar günü 47. Cumhurbaşkanlığı bisiklet turu için İstanbul-Bostancıdaydım...

Clouds

2011-04-26T11:29:00.003+03:00

Sun was behind the big cloud.

Transportation

2010-11-03T13:00:00.002+02:00

This kind of cargo transportation(not for public) used in my country but very rarely.

I went back again

2010-11-01T11:55:00.003+02:00

I want to post again, new photos...

Alone

2009-12-17T13:22:00.002+02:00

IMG_4302-Alone, originally uploaded by coskunTR.

Sometimes we need to be alone...

Robin in my garden

2009-12-09T09:06:00.003+02:00

Bird in my garden, originally uploaded by coskunTR.

I saw this beatiful bird in my garden. Name is Robin. (We say in Turkish: Kızılgerdan )

Tile

2009-12-08T09:26:00.002+02:00

IMG_4209-Tile, originally uploaded by coskunTR.

A tile is at the plastic roof but alone and useless...

Foggy Hills

2009-12-07T10:17:00.002+02:00

IMG_4257-Fogy Hills, originally uploaded by coskunTR.

This photo shot from Samanlı mountains, south side by the gulf.

Gulf of İzmit

2009-12-06T11:27:00.002+02:00

IMG_4184-Gulf of İzmit, originally uploaded by coskunTR.

Oak tree preparing for winter and calm sea in the gulf with the anchored ships.

Cat in the Street

2009-12-05T16:08:00.002+02:00

IMG_4183, originally uploaded by coskunTR.

There are many homeless cat in my district. But you see Cats are very clean and pride animals.

Squirrel

2009-12-04T21:50:00.003+02:00

IMG_4046-Squirrel, originally uploaded by coskunTR.

I was walking in a track with my camera. There are many trees two sides of the footpath. Suddenly I saw two squirrels ahead of me. They afraid from me and climbed a poplar tree. They were waiting me to pass through there...

Wild Flower

2009-12-03T09:51:00.002+02:00

Wild Flower, originally uploaded by coskunTR.

I saw this wild flower a woods near my home. I do not know its name...

Wild Rose Hips

2009-12-02T17:53:00.004+02:00

Wild Rose Hips, originally uploaded by coskunTR.

I am living near a hilly woods. In the morning you can see wild rose hips with drobs waiting birds for feed them.

Theme day: Waiting

2009-12-01T09:21:00.002+02:00

Scarecrow ; waiting for enemies to protect this field.

Sunset in the park

2009-11-30T22:18:00.002+02:00

Sekapark is by the gulf of İzmit. There was a paper factory on this area.

Autumn Leaves

2009-11-30T10:56:00.002+02:00

Trees in the Fall

2009-11-29T10:02:00.003+02:00

These Chestnut trees are in the Sekapark at İzmit city.

Seaside

2009-11-27T17:32:00.005+02:00

This photo shot by the seaside of the Karamürsel city, south of the gulf of İzmit.

Blue bike

2009-11-26T08:54:00.005+02:00

My blue bike with autumn leaves.

Dance of the seagulls

2009-11-23T21:44:00.002+02:00

I shot it by the gulf of İzmit in noon time, as if dancer of the sky.

The Roman tomb

2009-11-22T22:19:00.002+02:00

This tomb was find many years ago when a road working. It belong to a roman general lived in 2nd century A.D.

Guess what ?

2009-11-21T14:36:00.004+02:00

This is a detail from a ............. near the roadside in my city. What do you think about it ? What kind of monument and which period of the history ?

Lonely seaside

2009-11-17T21:57:00.007+02:00

When the autumn comes, our beaches become loneliness. This photo is taken by me from our aegean sea coasts. I believe that the best time is for holiday, nice weather and warm sea but empty beaches.

With fully loaded bike

2009-11-16T14:31:00.003+02:00

This photo shot from my bike tour to the Gökova bay coast.

Watchrepair's shop

2009-08-18T13:06:00.005+03:00

Uncle Mikail's shop has a lot of old clocks in its shopwindow. He does his repair-work skillfully. You can find some different clocks in the shop where old and new ones are together. He was not there- sunday holiday!

Earthquake, don't forget !

2009-08-17T12:34:00.004+03:00

We had lived the very big Earthquake (Magnitude 7.4 ) in 1999 in Gölcük. We lost many lives. 10 years past.
Don't forget ;'' Earthqueke do not kill, wrong constructed buildings kill us.''

Saraylı Village

2009-08-14T08:40:00.003+03:00

Saraylı is one of the biggest villages of Gölcük and owner of the remains from Roman era. The village is also very rich for the work of arts from Ottoman era. The documents showed that the first settler of the region were from “Yuruk Clan.” The houses which have a typical architecture and the tombstones with epitaphs are outstanding. The very old plane tree in the center of the village´s market, is a witness of those rested under its shadow and reminds the past to the visitors.

The Moving Villa

2009-08-10T12:39:00.006+03:00

Our first president Atatürk departs from İstanbul for Bursa in 29th August 1929. While sailing through the open sea of Yalova; he figures out the plane tree along the shore which had seduced him a lot he makes the yacht stopped, before landing by boat. He sits under the plane tree. Atatürk, having been impressed by the plane tree, wants a small house to be built under that. 22 days consturaction of a wooden two floored house has been completed in 12th September 1929. A year later, in 1930, Atatürk had been told that a branch of the tree had been reached at the house and had to be cut. Then, Atatürk, orders the house to be moved a bit, instead of the branch be pruned.

In 8th August 1930, moving operations had been started. The Villa had been moved by 4.80 meters towards east within 3 days and has been called Yürüyen Köşk since than...

Atatürk had often visited the Yürüyen köşk ( The Moving Villa) in 1930 - 1937 ...

On the road

2009-08-09T22:37:00.004+03:00

Old couple of Turkish farmers coming back from their fields. Tired but proud. Nice smile with greetings.

Mirror in the Stone cafe (Taş Kahve)

2009-08-08T12:50:00.005+03:00

This old cafe has high ceiling, windows and old mirrors. Martin has nests on the ceiling. Cafe is also famous with toast named ayvalik( Ayvalık Tostu) in the Cunda island.

Trees

2009-08-06T19:23:00.002+03:00

Kerpe, Black Sea coast

2009-08-04T09:31:00.003+03:00

Kerpe is a small town in the coast of Black Sea . The summer population increases depending on in tourism. Bay of Kerpe is protected from north winds has fine sands and the shallow water. Kerpe's north coast due to strong black sea winds creates rocky coves. Some people are jumping into the sea from this high rock!

Different insects in the same flower

2009-08-02T18:44:00.007+03:00

Turkey's wild nature is very rich. It still has not become corrupted. The butterflies are very kind and color. These photos were taken in Samanlı mountains.

Theme day: Night

2009-08-01T22:21:00.004+03:00

There are some fish restaurants near the seaside in my city, İzmit. In my opinion it is very nice night illumination for catching their customers. ( Balık means Fish)

Calm and Quiet

2009-07-30T21:26:00.002+03:00

There were boats on the calm and mirror sea with its reflections in the early morning.

Bike, Lake and Sunset

2009-07-22T22:25:00.006+03:00

In the Lake İznik was near the sunset. There was a father with his son who was riding bike along the lake. I think he is a rich man, isn't he?

Fishing boat in the morning

2009-07-20T17:31:00.003+03:00

He was cleaning his boat and preparing for a long day. No words ! Listen to the silence !

Summer time in Ören

2009-07-19T14:51:00.010+03:00

Ören beach was awarded with blue flag (because of clean sea, gold sand) by Foundation for Environmental Education (FEE) in 2000.

Mermaid on the rock is aroused interest by people.

The ancient city of Adramyteion, which was an Athenian colony, is locaded on the western coast of the district. (Nowadays in Balıkesir province)

Pegasus

Pegasus was placed on the Adramyteions(Ören) coins in the ancient city of Adramys during the three centuries.

It is known a symbol of the honesty, humility and poetic inspiration.

Door knockers

2009-07-18T21:55:00.011+03:00

I shot these old door knockers photos from Cunda island in Ayvalık near north-aegean. All of them are more than 100 years old.

Egyptian Bazaar (Mısır Çarşısı)

2009-07-07T22:18:00.006+03:00

Turkish delights are famous sweets in the spice bazaar or Egyptian bazaar in İstanbul.

From İstanbul

2009-07-06T17:24:00.003+03:00

A traditional passenger ship sail between two continent(Europe-Asia). And the historical peninsula has seen Topkapi palace.

Waterfall

2009-07-02T23:27:00.003+03:00

Sudüşen waterfall is near the Yalova city. It is nice place for swim these hot days. There is a natural swimming pool but water is too cold, bırrrr.!!!

Theme day: Empty

2009-07-01T00:07:00.004+03:00

Sunflower on the road

2009-06-29T10:25:00.003+03:00

This is a main road sidewalk, everywhere are asphalt and concrete. Sunflower find a place itself for grew up. That is the nature's power against human.

Fisherman

2009-06-26T18:57:00.003+03:00

He is collecting his nets in the morning hopefully.

Cyclists in the hot weather.

2009-06-25T13:35:00.006+03:00

Cyclists give the rest for water, weather was so hot about 38 degrees C. They find a fountain but dried below an old plane-tree. There was a empty new road that closed to the traffic. Have a nice training day!

Car Carrier

2009-06-24T12:16:00.002+03:00

There is a car factory -Ford- in my city. A car carrier is waiting for loading cars by the factory pier.

Expanded Roads

2009-06-23T22:28:00.004+03:00

They are working to expand roads for motor-vehicle. For what? We will do more speed and fill the roads more cars. Nature are killed but who cares ?

Arifiye Train Station

2009-06-22T14:06:00.003+03:00

When I was waiting my delayed train to come to the station in Arifiye. I shot this colorful wagoons.

Skywatch Friday

2009-06-19T19:28:00.002+03:00

I took this photo in sunset from hills about 500 mtrs hight. You can see gulf of İzmit far away.

Chestnut Tree

2009-06-18T11:05:00.002+03:00

Chestnut tree is normally a forest tree. But human pressure continues for forestless. For this reason this tree is lonely. Anyway we are waiting to eat for delicious chestnut.

''S''ummer walking

2009-06-17T09:28:00.004+03:00

There is about 5 km walking and riding bike road in my city. I thing it is right road to walking hand in hand.

What a luxury life !

2009-06-16T20:44:00.005+03:00

I do bike exercise almost everyday in the summer days. Especially I go up to the hills near the our village. Yesterday I saw this interesting cottage with king armchairs!

Daily bike tour

2009-06-15T16:20:00.003+03:00

I went our neighbor city (Yalova) by my bike and came back same way. My trip is totally 125 km. Weather was too hot. I tried to rest under a old plane tree's shadow.

From hillside

2009-06-14T09:48:00.005+03:00

We went to the top of hill near my house for sightseeing. There is a restaurant over there about 300 mts hight. My wife put her feet to the fences and watch to relaxing scenery.

Cherry tree in our garden

2009-06-13T09:46:00.004+03:00

We have a small garden with many trees. Cherry, sourcherry, walnut, apple, linden, pear, plum, quince... I planted all for ten years, young trees. I never use chemical fertilizer and pesticides. All organics. They taste and smell nice!

Refinery skywatch

2009-06-12T11:05:00.004+03:00

There is a ugly refinery(always smoky) at the coast Gulf of İzmit. My region is a big industrial area of Turkey for this reason is the most populatoin of the country.

Fishing boats

2009-06-07T23:30:00.002+03:00

Turkish style wooden boats are made by hands and wood. It is very strong boats.

What photo are they taking ?

2009-06-06T21:17:00.007+03:00

These photo club mates are taking this jellyfish below. This colorful creature comes from other sea. There were not any jellyfish like this but now there are a lot in Marmara sea(inland sea) because of sea pollution.

Old things

2009-06-05T13:25:00.005+03:00

This shot is from a village's house garden. The old wooden wheel and big earthenware jar are used many years ago. The old jar used for stored some olive oil. Nowadays they are idle in a garden arrangement.

Unemployed or fisher

2009-06-03T10:07:00.005+03:00

He tries to fish, may be for nothing all day. He said that he tries to kill free time. Reality, he has no job due to economic crisis. Hard times.

Old Beech tree

2009-06-02T17:02:00.006+03:00

I think this is one of the largest and oldest forest tree in my town. I don't know its age but It must be many century. It is near the Kirazdere river which feed the Kirazdere(Yuvacık) Dam. We supply fresh water from this dam. Click on photo to see details. It is spectacular, isn't it?

Uninvited guests

2009-06-01T21:01:00.003+03:00

These ducklings belong to our next door we saw in our garden this morning. They were wandering and eating snails. They are so cute. We thank them to clean snails in the garden.

Protest

2009-05-31T10:00:00.006+03:00

There is a protest walking with yellow shirts and a girl photographer with red. They protest that pressure and arresting. They want more social rights.

Lamp post in the sea.

2009-05-30T18:38:00.003+03:00

This lamp post was ligthing near the seaside street before the big earthquake at 1999. When the quake was occured some land went down to the sea. Now It looks like a statue which is reminded earthquake to us.

Clouds

2009-05-29T09:16:00.003+03:00

These gorgeous cumulus have seen from my house.

Abdest

2009-05-28T09:12:00.004+03:00

Picture taken by fountain(Şadırvan) which is used for ritual
ablutions and located in the middle of the garden of Yenicuma mosque in İzmit.

Islamic act of washing parts of the body using water for ritual prayers and for handling and reading the Qur'an.

Fishermen

2009-05-27T00:32:00.004+03:00

The fishermen put out to the sea every morning and come back but day by day they find less fish in the sea due to pollution. There were more than 125 kind of fish in the Marmara sea at only 30 years ago nowadays remains less than 20 kind of fish. Who is guilty?

A rower

2009-05-25T08:49:00.003+03:00

Wilhelm's white villa and a rower

When Hereke carpets became popular, entartaining guests in the huts wasn't suitable. They decided to build a villa. Before the visit of Wilhelm II the German Emperor in 1898, the villa was built in Abdülhamit's palace in three weeks in 1894. It was transported in seperate pieces by sea and constructed in a night.

Love of taking photograph

2009-05-24T23:35:00.005+03:00

This sunday we went to the hill for taking photos, we have done hard job to capture nice photos!

Smile of the Children

2009-05-23T21:32:00.003+03:00

They were playing on the street who asked me to take a picture. I said okay and saw to their happiness with small things.

Sunset on the crane

2009-05-20T22:58:00.004+03:00

Urbanization in the nature. People build new buildings wherever they find because of the population explotion. Concrete buildings instead of trees!

Where is it?

2009-05-16T20:42:00.002+03:00

This is a street lamp mast in the middle of the Sultanahmet square at İstanbul. It has been some flowerpots over there. This is nice. But I think something wrong there ! Be careful about this sign means wc is about 50 meters away from there.

Nature's color

2009-05-15T09:38:00.015+03:00

This month comes to colorful life everywhere how many different color, smell and sound.

Nature said that paradise is here who will be aware of this color.

Balloon Game

2009-05-13T10:53:00.003+03:00

Children like to play games. She likes simplicity. A glass of water with detergent and a handmade rounded stick. That's enough to be happy.

Roses in my garden

2009-05-11T14:32:00.004+03:00

These days our garden is very colorful, roses is also start to open their blooms. Nature continues to awake. Have a nice colorful day everybody.

The steep road

2009-05-10T20:36:00.005+03:00

Do you imagine 18% steep road in the city? Yes, We have one new road opened in my city that connected from seaside to the Kocaeli University and Hospital at the hillside. I think it will be dangerous to drive down with car especially in winter. We must be careful !
Do you have any like this in your city?

Hillside Trip by Bike

2009-05-09T20:34:00.004+03:00

Today I rode mountain bike to the hillside back of my home. The hill is about 300 meters hight and there is a nice panoramic Gulf of İzmit view. These houses in my shot was builded by government after 1999 eartquake. I have climbed up to the hill in 45 minutes by bike, downhill took time only 10 minutes ! Nice day with bike! See you later...

The night colors of the bridge

2009-05-08T09:31:00.003+03:00

There is to pass many roads and railway between the city and seaside. Now they built to pass for my fellow three footwalk bridges. Night view is better than a day!

Stones

2009-05-07T13:21:00.012+03:00

I saw these colorful stones at a shop yesterday. The seller said these stones are sold for using in the gardens, small lakes and anything you like. They said that stones comes out from land (not sea) near Ankara,capital city.I think they seem pretty into its baskets.

Life on the Wall

2009-05-05T09:12:00.005+03:00

The wall have built many years ago and used as Hamam(Turkish bath) in ottoman days. Some ancient(from Nicomedia) stones was used on it. You can see this also in the second shot on another wall in the city.
The Turkish bath, Hamam closed and not used now it is dead but nature is always alive if people leave to grow itself. There is the life on the wall against human!

Kont İmre Thököly

2009-05-04T12:37:00.005+03:00

Hungarian Kont İmre was born in Kesmark/Hungary in 1657 and died in 1705 in İzmit during Ottoman Empire.
This monument is established for their memory(Him and his wife) in the mountain village Karatepe who lived there in a farm for a moment. Name of this place is ''The field of flower''
Dedicated to lived away from their country...

The old railway station

2009-05-03T21:46:00.004+03:00

İzmit train station is removed a new building and railways few years ago. And the old station in my shot is idle now . The old black train is a deadly stop on the last rail in the sevice as the restaurant and cafe.
This station was the second important stop after İstanbul/Haydarpaşa for the Orient Express.

The Gate

2009-05-02T21:13:00.004+03:00

This gate was opened by Ottoman emperor Sultan Abdulaziz at 1874. Sultans had come to hunting to my city and after hunting they had been rest a little palace behind this gate.
There had been a forest in my city mountains only 135 years ago. But now not possible to see forest and animals for hunting! Anyway I mean hunting for photo!

Theme Day : Shadows

2009-05-01T12:21:00.006+03:00

Pottery on the balcony will be shadow of the day.

Old Cameras

2009-04-30T12:54:00.003+03:00

This picture is taken by our bookshelves. These old cameras are Kodak Instamatic 104 used in the last 60s and 70s by my family and produced in the US, left one Olympus AF-10 world's first fully automatic camera used from 1987 till 1995 by me. These were analog cameras. I would like to see your old cameras here!

Stream

2009-04-29T09:25:00.011+03:00

Sepetlipınar is a stream born from Samanlı mountains in my province. This small stream is very near in my home. It will be dry in summer, also day by day destroyed by human hands. You could be catch many fish before, but now not possible to see them. Maybe I can not capture this shot near future due to urbanization, they are closed with concrete. What a pity!

Molina ( Atatürk's Flower)

2009-04-28T09:25:00.010+03:00

Molina is the tropical flower 106 years old and about 4 meters hight now.

This tropical flower had been buy from İtaly for Atatürk (who was the founder and our first President). He had liked nature and agriculture. Now flower is inside a greenhouse in Maşukiye. Our fellows have to be proud of them therefore hanging flags and Nazar bonjuk(blue bead that worn to avert the evil eye)!

İzmit from seaside

2009-04-27T22:08:00.005+03:00

The view from the Gulf of İzmit seaside. A bus has stopped near the beach.

The 23rd of April - National Sovereignty and Children's Day

2009-04-26T13:16:00.004+03:00

Sellers of balloon and Simits (Turkish donut with sesame) because of the children's festival.

It was on April 23, 1920, during the War of Independence, that the Grand National Assembly was inaugurated in Ankara and Mustafa Kemal Atatürk laid down the foundations of a new, independent, secular, and modern Republic of Turkey. He also dedicated this day to the children of the country to emphasize that they are the future of the new nation and since then, 23 April National Sovereignty and Children's Day is celebrated in Turkey as a National Day. The importance of April 23 as a special day of children has also been recognized internationally and United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) endorsed this important day as the International Children's Day.

Coachman and Horses(Fayton)

2009-04-25T20:40:00.012+03:00

Fayton which means trip vehicle is used for city tour by the seaside in İzmit. They have been prepared for summer in Kocaeli Park.

Treshing Machine

2009-04-24T20:20:00.002+03:00

It is deadly waiting due to lack of life aim. Tired but pride! It had been treshing wheats being bread for hungry stomaches.
In these days something changed in my city , our population grow too fast by migration from my country's another sides because my province become an industrial region. Buildings growing everywhere but especially first class agriculture lands. For this reason no jobs for the treshing machine. My fellows are growed many building in their lands instead of wheat!

Submarine

2009-04-23T13:58:00.002+03:00

This submarine comes out to the surface, from grassy earth not sea!

Country map

2009-04-22T09:36:00.003+03:00

My country map and flag with flowers!

This map flowered one side a bridge-crossroads in Gölcük city with our flag color. It looks nice thanks who done this.

Park view

2009-04-21T23:08:00.005+03:00

This park in İzmit, in summer time is established some fairs and Lunapark . Please click on photo, you will see day time stars hanged in the sky!

Shore-end of the Gulf

2009-04-20T17:00:00.005+03:00

There is walking and cycling road by the end of the İzmit gulf

Nice road but where is my fellows.

Rain Drobs

2009-04-19T21:34:00.005+03:00

Rain don't go away, shine on my leaves with morning sun.

Retired warship (museum)

2009-04-18T20:27:00.003+03:00

This warship is the maritime museum by the gulf of İzmit. There is also one old submarine that is float aft side of the ship. Kocaeli have the main navy base. You can visit these ships to learn about old american war machines. I would like to see all warships like this, retired for peace in the World!